Thoroughbid Limited Cookies Notice
Last Updated 31 August 2021
1 Who we are and the purpose of this notice
1.1 Thoroughbid Limited ("we" or "us") is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 12744662. Our registered office is at Ampney Knowle Farm, Barnsley, Cirencester, UK, England GL7 5ED.
1.2 You can contact us by phone on 07818 470105 by email at info@thoroughbid.co.uk or by writing to us at Amney Knowle Farm, Barnsley, Cirencester, GLOS. GL7 5ED.
1.3 This notice contains information about the types of cookies we use on our website at www.thoroughbid.co.uk (our or the "site") and the third parties which provide the cookies we use.
1.4 For information about the kinds of personal data that we collect using cookies on our site, and our lawful bases for using those kinds of personal data, please see our website privacy notice at https://www.thoroughbid.co.uk/privacy-policy . The privacy notice also contains other information about our commitment to ensuring the privacy of our users, prospective users and website visitors generally.
2 What is a cookie and why do we use them?
A “cookie” is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Each time you visit our site (using the same device or a new one), a message is sent back to the server allowing the site to recognise your device and remember if you have visited the site using the device before. This is to authenticate users, ensure that you have a good experience when you use the site, improve functionality and for analytics, as explained below.
3 What types of cookies do we use?
3.1 We use the following types of cookies:
3.1.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of our site, use our online platform for the sale and purchase of horses or make use of electronic payment services.
3.1.2 Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of site visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site, and the platform made available form it works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
4 Third party providers of cookies used by us
4.1 We use Google Analytics to provide our analytical or performance cookies. The table below explains the types of cookies, and what they do:
| Cookie | Description | Duration |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | session |
| _ga_MQSFHCFK68 | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| CONSENT | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video. | 16 years 4 months 12 hours 5 minutes |
| yt-remote-device-id | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. | never |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. | never |
4.3 To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout4.2 Google provides more information about privacy and security of cookies here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
4.4 Google Analytics may transfer or store information outside of the EEA. In order to protect your information, we have signed up to data processing terms with google, who rely upon standard contractual clauses to process data outside of the UK.
5 How can I find more information?
5.1 The website at http://www.allaboutcookies.org (run by the Interactive Marketing Bureau) contains more information about cookies, and at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage- cookies/index.html there is step-by-step guidance on how cookies can be switched off. Please be aware that if you do not accept cookies, our site may not function correctly or at all.
5.2 Further information may also be available by visiting your browser website. Links to popular browser cookie advice is set out below: